Recently, U.S. Rep. Mary Miller (R-Illinois) texted that she was deeply troubled that a Sikh cleric led a prayer in Congress.

Few people will not have heard of Marco Polo, the Venetian traveler who, between the 13th and 14th centuries, traveled ...

The Colosseum is still a dominant fixture in the Roman cityscape. It was named one of the New Wonders of the World in 2007.

Stepping back into the annals of history, few figures loom as large and captivating as Charlemagne, a monarch whose life was ...

A Peruvian woman assaulted by a priest aged nine said the future Pope Leo XIV failed to investigate her allegations while he ...

By Poppy Tollemache ✐ Peruvian Times Contributing Writer Though born in Chicago, Pope Leo XIV—formerly Robert Prevost—spent ...

The election of an American Pope is without precedent. The event raises American legal questions without precedent.

Legendary for his cruelty, disloyalty, and tendency to stuff his own pockets, England's most hated monarch usurped his way to ...

The Great Books of Western Civilization were published in the middle of the 20th century as a series of beautifully bound ...

The earliest documented history of Spanish Jewry dates back at least 2,000 years to when the Romans destroyed the Second ...

Thessalonica is sacked by Saracen pirates led by renegade Leo of Tripoli. 1221: Emperor Go-Horikawa, aged only 10 years ...

Built as a church and repurposed during its 1,500‑year history as a mosque, a museum and now a mosque once more, the Hagia ...